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  ENR's First Quarterly Cost Report 2010: Deflation Sweeps Cost Index Board

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  Prices for diesel fuel, structural steel, lumber and gypsum-wallboard products started to stir during the first quarter, but most increases were coming off dismal lows in 2009 and were not strong enough to break the stranglehold the recession has on construction costs.
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  New York's Tallest Residential Tower Is Frank Gehry 'Demystified'

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  New York City’s tallest residential tower, with a draped stainlesssteel curtain wall, is under budget and on schedule. So far, there are only 100 RFIs and no claims.
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  Health-Care Debate Isn't Dying Down

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  While President Obama signed the health-care reform legislation into law at a jubilant White House ceremony on March 23, grim-faced Republicans geared up for a battle in the Senate over a “reconciliation” package that amends the bill just signed into law.
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  Record Crowd of Engineers Hears DOD Chiefs’ Overview

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  Firms looking to boost sagging bottom lines and gain more-robust public-sector construction markets generated a record attendance of more than 550 at this year’s federal and military workload briefings, sponsored by the Society of American Military Engineers on March 18 in Alexandria, Va.
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  High-Risk Dam in Washington Needs $44 Million in New Fixes

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  Adam on the Green River in western Washington state remains one of the nation’s most unsafe, despite $15 million of work that has been completed over the past year.
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  Without Sewer Hazard Plan, New Orleans Serves as Lesson

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  If another Hurricane Katrina-like disaster hits New Orleans, the city’s water and sewer board will now have a hazard-mitigation plan to ensure that local environmental infrastructure can get state and federal emergency repair funds.
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  Shifting Load From Old Girders On St. Augustine Rehab

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  Traffic moved across the Bridge of Lions on March 17 for the first time in four years following the lengthy restoration of the historic landmark in St. Augustine, Fla.
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  University Claims Structure Fails To Meet Seismic Code

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, claims that a three-year-old student recreation facility at its main campus fails to meet some seismic requirements under the 2002 Uniform Building Code. The structure remains open, but a warning notice is posted.
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  Chicago's Wacker Drive Causes Bidding Blues

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  The project will rebuild the Congress Parkway interchange, which connects Interstate 290 to the north-south leg of Chicago’s Wacker Drive, the double-decker downtown artery made famous in the movie “The Blues Brothers.”
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  AGC Leaders Emphasize Collaboration, ‘Being Heard’

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  Rocky economic times, green infrastructure, lean construction and helping the industry be heard were themes at the Associated General Contractors of America convention in Orlando on March 17-20.
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  Komatsu’s Hybrid Excavator Takes First Stab at U.S. Market

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  Komatsu Ltd. is testing the North American equipment market with its new PC200LC-8 Hybrid Excavator, a lean, green digging machine that has sold more than 700 times in Asia since production began 19 months ago.
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  URS Settles Minnesota Lawsuit Over I-35 Bridge Collapse

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  URS Corp., San Francisco, has settled a lawsuit by the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation on all claims by the state over the collapse of the I-35 bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis on Aug. 1, 2007.
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  Canadian Utility Invests $3 Billion in Renewable Energy

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  BC Hydro, British Columbia’s province-owned electric company, on March 11 selected 19 renewable projects to be built in the province as part of a request for proposals for renewable projects.
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  Skanska, Granite To Build WTC Train Station in New York City

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  Skanska, Whitestone, N.Y., in a joint venture with Watsonville, Calif-based Granite Construction, has been awarded a $542-million contract to construct the new PATH station at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City.
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  Welding Machines Are Choice Target for Jobsite Thieves

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  Welding machines are becoming another low-hanging fruit for jobsite crime. In January and again in March, thieves grabbed a 2006 Miller Big Blue 300 welder off a jobsite along Interstate 495 in Tysons Corner, Va.
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  Canada Approves $1.7-Billion Pipeline From Alberta to Texas

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  TransCanada Corp., based in Calgary, Alberta, received permission on March 11 from Canada’s Energy Board to build the 327-mile Canadian portion of the Keystone XL expansion pipeline, which will be the first pipeline to take Canadian crude oil to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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  Large Highway, Sewer and Water Jobs Boost Starts

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  New construction starts in February climbed 5% from the previous month, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $440.9 billion, according to McGraw-Hill Construction.
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  Transport Programs Extended Through Dec. 31

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  States and construction companies forced to cope with stopgap federal bills that provided transportation funding on the installment plan now have a bit more breathing room.
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  Senate Passes Two-Year Bill, New Stopgap Likely

  Posted: March 25th, 2010, 11:31am EDT

  Despite progress in Congress on a multiyear aviation measure, it looks like another extension—the 12th since 2007—is on its way for Federal Aviation Administration programs, including airport construction grants.